Jason Richard Dourisseau (born December 7, 1983) is an American-born naturalised Dutch professional

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coach and former player, who is the current head coach of Donar. As a player, he played at the

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position. He is most known for his years with Donar, where he played for 10 seasons and won five DBL championships and seven other trophies. The club retired his number 8. Born in

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, Dourisseau received a Dutch passport in 2015.Dourisseau is Nederlander geworden
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Professional career

In the 2006–07 season, Dourisseau started his career with Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg. He reached the Basketball Bundesliga Finals with Ludwigsburg in his first season. In the 2007–08 season, he finished 12th with the team. In the 2008–09 season, Dourisseau played with KR Basket of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. Over the season, Dourisseau averaged 16.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, while winning the Icelandic Championship and the Company Cup with KR. For the 2009–10 season, Dourisseau signed with GasTerra Flames of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). In his first season, he won the Dutch championship. In his second season, he played in the Euroleague qualifying rounds with Flames. The team was eliminated in the first preliminary round against Russian side UNICS. In the 2013–14 season, after Dourisseau won his second Dutch championship, GasTerra Flames announced that one of the stands in home arena MartiniPlaza would be named after him as the "Jason Dourisseau Tribune" (English: Jason Dourisseau Stand). In the 2014 offseason, Dourisseau signed with s.Oliver Baskets of the ProA, the second tier of basketball in

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. On 21 July 2015, Dourisseau returned to Donar, by signing a 2-year deal with the club. In 2017, Dourisseau signed for three more seasons with Donar. He won his fifth DBL championship again in

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. On 22 June 2020, Donar announced the club and Dourisseau were parting ways. On October 23, 2021, Donar officially retired Dourisseau's number 8. He became just the second player to have his jersey retired at Donar, after Martin de Vries. On March 1, 2023, Dourisseau came out of retirement at age 39 when he signed for Aris Leeuwarden for the remainder of the

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season. Coming off the bench, Dourisseau averaged 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in his nine games for Aris.

Coaching career

Before 2024–25 season, he started his coaching career and signed with Donar of the

as an assistant coach. After a 3–8 start to the season and a 17th place ranking in the BNXT League, Head Coach Andrej Štimac was released, and Dourisseau was named Head Coach for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.

National team career

In anticipation of his upcoming Dutch passport, Dourisseau was in the pre-selection of the Dutch national basketball team, as he was selected by Toon van Helfteren on June 13, 2015. Dourisseau later received his passport and made his national team debut on July 15 in a friendly game against

. He went on to play four games for the Netherlands in that year.

Personal

In August 2015, Dourisseau officially became a Dutch citizen and stayed in Groningen after his professional basketball career.

Honors

Trophies

KR * Úrvalsdeild (1): 2008–09 * Icelandic Company Cup (1): 2008 Donar * Dutch Basketball League (5): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 * NBB Cup (4): 2010–11, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 * Dutch Basketball Supercup (2):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Awards

Donar * DBL Most Valuable Player (1): 2010–11 * All-DBL Team (1): 2010–11 * DBL Best Defender of the Year (2): 2012–13, 2013–14 * DBL All-Star (4):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

* DBL All-Defense Team (2):

, 2017 * Icelandic All-Star Game MVP: 2009 * Icelandic All-Star: 2009

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dourisseau, Jason 1983 births Living people American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Iceland American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands Aris Leeuwarden players Basketball players from Omaha, Nebraska Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Dutch men's basketball players KR men's basketball players Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball players Small forwards Würzburg Baskets players Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players